Comments on: How To Combat Dread And Welcome Adventure Into Our Lives http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/how-to-combat-dread-and-welcome-adventure-into-our-lives/ Good Habits for a Great Life! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:41:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Julian http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/how-to-combat-dread-and-welcome-adventure-into-our-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-5515 Julian Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:54:31 +0000 http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/how-to-combat-dread-and-welcome-adventure-into-our-lives/#comment-5515 The thing about negativity is that it's really subtle and insidious. We often don't realise we've fallen prey to negative thinking until we're well into it. But these points are helpful. .-= Julian´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/presentoutlook/~3/-Pt2-Kptf_M/" rel="nofollow">Why You Should Never Compromise On What’s Important</a> =-. The thing about negativity is that it’s really subtle and insidious. We often don’t realise we’ve fallen prey to negative thinking until we’re well into it. But these points are helpful.
.-= Julian´s last blog ..Why You Should Never Compromise On What’s Important =-.

]]> By: Jeff http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/how-to-combat-dread-and-welcome-adventure-into-our-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-5491 Jeff Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:24:20 +0000 http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/how-to-combat-dread-and-welcome-adventure-into-our-lives/#comment-5491 @MoJo - Great advice! Living in the present will certainly go a long way toward defeating dread. Of course, couldn't you still think negatively of the present moment? @bluntmoney - Fantastic observation! Those negative thoughts and comments do suck the enjoyment right out of life. I'm glad that you're joining me in trying to kick this bad habit. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! @MoJo – Great advice! Living in the present will certainly go a long way toward defeating dread. Of course, couldn’t you still think negatively of the present moment?

@bluntmoney – Fantastic observation! Those negative thoughts and comments do suck the enjoyment right out of life. I’m glad that you’re joining me in trying to kick this bad habit.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

]]> By: bluntmoney http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/how-to-combat-dread-and-welcome-adventure-into-our-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-5489 bluntmoney Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:16:07 +0000 http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/how-to-combat-dread-and-welcome-adventure-into-our-lives/#comment-5489 I'm guilty of those niggling little negative thoughts to when someone suggests doing something. Which is silly, because I usually enjoy the activity. Plus the negativity can suck the enjoyment out of it for the person who had the idea. I'm going to work harder at noticing and stopping those kinds of thoughts and comments. .-= bluntmoney´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.bluntmoney.com/anchoring-and-money/" rel="nofollow">Anchoring and money</a> =-. I’m guilty of those niggling little negative thoughts to when someone suggests doing something. Which is silly, because I usually enjoy the activity. Plus the negativity can suck the enjoyment out of it for the person who had the idea. I’m going to work harder at noticing and stopping those kinds of thoughts and comments.
.-= bluntmoney´s last blog ..Anchoring and money =-.

]]> By: MoJo http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/how-to-combat-dread-and-welcome-adventure-into-our-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-5488 MoJo Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:08:23 +0000 http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/how-to-combat-dread-and-welcome-adventure-into-our-lives/#comment-5488 It only takes one thing to live a life of adventure rather than dread. That is to "live in the moment". Be conscious of right now 'cos 'this is your life' - not the past and not the future. By being present you feel alive, right here and now, and actually want to experience life, feel it, touch it. Living in the moment isn't easy. It takes practice but it is definitely worth the effort. It only takes one thing to live a life of adventure rather than dread. That is to “live in the moment”. Be conscious of right now ‘cos ‘this is your life’ – not the past and not the future. By being present you feel alive, right here and now, and actually want to experience life, feel it, touch it. Living in the moment isn’t easy. It takes practice but it is definitely worth the effort.

]]> By: Weekly Roundup: When You Were A Kid Edition | Frugal Dad http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/how-to-combat-dread-and-welcome-adventure-into-our-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-5486 Weekly Roundup: When You Were A Kid Edition | Frugal Dad Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:01:27 +0000 http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/how-to-combat-dread-and-welcome-adventure-into-our-lives/#comment-5486 [...] How to Combat Dread and Welcome Adventure Into Our Lives.  This is one I really need to work on. I tend to dread anything out of my routine, rather than looking at these new experiences as “adventures.” (@ My Super-Charged Life) [...] [...] How to Combat Dread and Welcome Adventure Into Our Lives.  This is one I really need to work on. I tend to dread anything out of my routine, rather than looking at these new experiences as “adventures.” (@ My Super-Charged Life) [...]

]]> By: Jeff http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/how-to-combat-dread-and-welcome-adventure-into-our-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-5474 Jeff Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:42:27 +0000 http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/how-to-combat-dread-and-welcome-adventure-into-our-lives/#comment-5474 @Annette - I appreciate you sharing your insights on this topic! I agree that there is no good reason for a person to go through life dreading a good portion of their days. As you pointed out, distraction is certainly not a cure. It is merely a tactic to help you along the way as you are retraining your mind to become more positive. Relying on distraction as a long-term strategy will not work as you discovered. Thanks for helping me to clarify this. It takes a plan and commitment to overcome feelings of dread, but it is 100% worth it! Thank you so much for lending your expertise to this article! @Annette – I appreciate you sharing your insights on this topic! I agree that there is no good reason for a person to go through life dreading a good portion of their days.

As you pointed out, distraction is certainly not a cure. It is merely a tactic to help you along the way as you are retraining your mind to become more positive. Relying on distraction as a long-term strategy will not work as you discovered. Thanks for helping me to clarify this.

It takes a plan and commitment to overcome feelings of dread, but it is 100% worth it!

Thank you so much for lending your expertise to this article!

]]> By: Dr. Annette Colby http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/how-to-combat-dread-and-welcome-adventure-into-our-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-5473 Dr. Annette Colby Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:33:21 +0000 http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/how-to-combat-dread-and-welcome-adventure-into-our-lives/#comment-5473 Thank you for writing such an important article! I can absolutely relate. Congratulations on overcoming your sense of dread and sharing that story with us! Have you ever heard of the expression “getting up on the wrong side of the bed”? There was a time when I would wake up with a sense of anxiety and dread. It was awful. The worst part was my inability to identify the specific reason for these feelings. No matter how well my life was going, these feelings persisted. Unconsciously, I learned to move away from this feeling by getting up so quickly that I would not have to notice it was there. The alarm would ring full blast. I would push the covers away, switch on the bright lights, and hit the shower running. Frantic distractions to bypass the uncomfortable feelings were somewhat successful. However, a distraction strategy is not the same as waking up delighted to be alive. One day, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I finally realized that the feeling of dread was not going to vanish with the passage of time. I wanted to wake up and have the first minutes of my day match the rest of the great life I had created. I wanted to wake up feeling safe, comfortable, and optimistic. I wrote about what it took to overcome dread in my recent book "Body Redesign". In short, those steps were similar to the ones you described: Make a decision about what you want to have more of and then engage in a series of creative action steps that support new beliefs and a new unity between mind body and spirit. It takes persistance to desire to overcome deep inner feelings, but your article proves that it is possible to overcome the oppression within so that we may shine and live a fulfilling life. With love, Annette .-= Dr. Annette Colby´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.annettecolby.com/blog/2009/06/15/feel-better/" rel="nofollow">Giving Yourself Permission To Feel Better</a> =-. Thank you for writing such an important article! I can absolutely relate. Congratulations on overcoming your sense of dread and sharing that story with us!

Have you ever heard of the expression “getting up on the wrong side of the bed”? There was a time when I would wake up with a sense of anxiety and dread. It was awful. The worst part was my inability to identify the specific reason for these feelings. No matter how well my life was going,
these feelings persisted.

Unconsciously, I learned to move away from this feeling by getting up so quickly that I would not have to notice it was there. The alarm would ring full blast. I would push
the covers away, switch on the bright lights, and hit the shower running. Frantic distractions to bypass the uncomfortable feelings were somewhat successful.

However, a distraction strategy is not the same as waking up
delighted to be alive. One day, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I finally realized that the feeling of dread was not going to vanish with the passage of time. I
wanted to wake up and have the first minutes of my day match the rest of the great life I had created. I wanted to wake up feeling safe, comfortable, and optimistic.

I wrote about what it took to overcome dread in my recent book “Body Redesign”. In short, those steps were similar to the ones you described: Make a decision about what you want to have more of and then engage in a series of creative action steps that support new beliefs and a new unity between mind body and spirit.

It takes persistance to desire to overcome deep inner feelings, but your article proves that it is possible to overcome the oppression within so that we may shine and live a fulfilling life.

With love,
Annette
.-= Dr. Annette Colby´s last blog ..Giving Yourself Permission To Feel Better =-.

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